NERVOUS SYSTEM/CRANIAL NERVES
CARRIES IMPULSES ACROSS THE SYNAPTIC SPACE TO THE NEXT NEURON OR MOTOR CELL
WHAT ARE NEUROTRANSMITTERS?
NOT AN INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN
WHAT IS MENINGITIS?
ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS REQUIRED FOR A PATEINT WITH SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
WHAT ARE DROPLET PRECAUTIONS?
USED TO OBTAIN CSF AND TO ADMINISTER REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
WHAT IS A LUMBAR PUNCTURE
SEVER ARCHING of TORSO, ALSO SIGN OF TETNUS
WHAT IS OPISTHOTINUS?
THE SITE OF INPULSE TRANSMITION/ THE TINY GAP OR SPACE THAT SEPERATES 2 NEURONS, OR THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A NEURON AND A MUSCLE OR SENSORY CELL.
WHAT IS THE SYNAPTIC SPACE/GAP?
DISEASE ALSO KNOWN AS A MOTOR NEURON DIEASE AS WELL AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE
WHAT IS ALS - AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: Hib, MENINGOCOCCAL AND PNEUMOCOCCAL.
WHAT ARE VACCINES THAT CAN PREVENT MENINGITIS?
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: WASH HAIR, ARRIVE SLEEP DEPRIVED, AVOID STIMULANTS, AVOID SEDATIVES
WHAT ARE INSTRUCTIONS TO A PATIENT PRIOR TO AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM?
SEVERE STIFFNESS HAMSTRING. CAUSES AN INABILITY TO STRAIGHTEN THE LEG WHEN HIP FLEXED TO 90 DEGREES
WHAT IS A POSITIVE KERNIG'S TEST
RESPONSIBLE FOR "FIGHT OR FLIGHT" RESPONSE
WHAT IS THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
NOT AN INFECTION OF THE MENINGES. SWELLING OF THE BRAIN
WHAT IS ENCEPHALITIS?
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS INITIATED TO PROTECT THE PATIENT
WHAT ARE SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS?
MUSCLE RELAXANT OFTEN PRESCRIBED TO PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
WHAT IS BACLOFEN
RESISTENCE TO MOVING THE HEAD AND CHIN TOWARD THE CHEST
WHAT IS NOCHAL RIGIDITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR "REST AND DIGEST" RESPONSE
WHAT IS THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER ATTACHS PNS. COMMONLY CASUES BY INFECTION OR POSSIBLY THE FLU VACCINE
WHAT IS GUILLIAN-BARRE SYNDROME?
INHANCES RESP FX/IMPROVES BREATHING, KEPT AT BEDSIDE
WHAT IS INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY?
THERE IS NO LAB OR IMAGING TEST TO DIAGNOSE THIS DISEASE.
WHAT IS PARKINSON'S DISEASE?
RAPID, JERKY MOVEMENT OF THE EYE/EYES
WHAT IS NYSTAGMUS
A SHORTAGE OF THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S
WHAT IS DOPAMINE
AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAQUE IN WHITE MATTER OF THE CNS
WHAT IS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
WRITTEN, SIGN LANGUAGE, HAND GESTURES
WHAT ARE NURSING INTERVENTIONS USED WITH APHASIC PATIENT(S)?
A GROUP OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR CAUSE, COURSE OR TREATMENT PATH
WHAT IS A SYNDROME?
CONSISTS OF PARTIAL OR COMPLETE LOSS OF MUSCLE TONE, WHICH RESULTS IN FALLING
WHAT IS AN ATONIC SEIZURE?
SLOW SPEECH AND LOW VOLUME OF SPEECH
WHAT IS HYPOPHONIA?
CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THE FACILA NERVE, BLOCKING MOTOR IMPULSES
WHAT IS BELL'S PALSY?
MAINTAIN AIRWAY, FLUID VOLUME AND TONICITY, AVOID ADMINISTERING HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS
WHAT IS NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ICP?
THE USE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES IN THIS DIAGNOSTIC TEST
WHAT IS AND ULTRASOUND?
TONIC PHASE, CLONIC PHASE, AND POSTICTAL PHASE
WHAT ARE THE 3 PHASES OF A SEIZURE?
SLOW MOVEMENTS, SLURRED SPEECH, MASK LIKE APPEARANCE, DECREASED BLINKING
WHAT IS BRADYKINESIA?
BASAL GANGLIA AND PORTIONS OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX DEGENERATE. TRANSMITTED GENETICALLY AND INHERITED BY PEOPLE OF BOTH GENDERS
WHAT IS HUNTINGTON DISEASE?
MEDICATION USED TO TREAT ALS
WHAT IS RILUZOLE?
USES POWERFUL MAGNETS TO GENERATE PICTURES
WHAT US AN MRI?
UNILATERAL THROBBING HEADACHE, PHOTPHOBIA, N/V
WHAT IS A MIGRAINE HEADACHE?
MONITORS B/P, SLOWS HR
WHAT IS THE VAGUS NERVE?
A PUS-FILLED MASS WITH A SURRONDING MEMBRANE - DEVELOPS IN OR AROUND THE BRAIN
WHAT IS A BRAIN ABSCESS?
AVOID PLACING ANYTHING IN THEIR MOUTH. POSITION PATIENT ON THEIR SIDE
WHAT ARE NURSING INTERVENTIONS/MANAGEMENT FOR A PATIENT HAVING A SEIZURE?
THE INSERTION OF A NEEDLE INTO THE SMALL SPACE IN THE LOWER BACK TO COLLECT CSF
WHAT IS A SPINAL TAP OR LUMBAR PUNCTURE?
SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION, BRADYCARDIA, AND IRREGULAR BREATHING
WHAT IS CUSHING'S TRIAD?